While you are flitting merrily aboutRemember you are going to scream and shoutWhen you spend time and effort in frustrationAs the vessel you are on begins to sinkAnd everyone on board scampers for flotation.

Maybe they're unwritten, or lost in the depths of antiquity, but here they are, IIRC:

Sparteye's Game, as originally conceived: Use two particular given words in a short poem. Then present your own pair of words for the next person to use similarly.

-- The verse is [usually] in the form of a limerick, with its standard rhythm (the most frequently-bent rule)

-- The words to be used are not arbitrary; they come from some word-centered dictionary, or thesaurus, or such. They should be "index words," the first and last words on a single page.

The challenge in the game is to find word pairs that will be difficult (read "interesting," if you like) to incorporate into a single coherent short verse, not to bring the game to a screeching halt. Impossible words really aren't that hard to come by; there's no virtue in it.

A palatial home can be a thing of beauty,Maybe a cabin is more in style,The fruits of our labor come with added time,But all who endeavor to risk the chance,Are only going to find out at a glance,That it is all a pantomime.

In my job as a vote promoter I bundle breadTo pay folk to vote be they 'live or be they dead My byword is "Vote Democrat"They seldom do- fancy that!So instead I take names, kick butt, growl, and knock heads

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